#MineAlert launches new Transition Minerals Tracker
The Oxpeckers #MineAlert project returns 10 years after the success of its pilot – this time focusing on transition minerals. Andiswa Matikinca reports...
18 August, 2026
Transition Minerals
Future disconnect: The digital divide in SA’s energy minerals boom
The minerals keeping the world's digital infrastructure running are extracted from communities where young people struggle to access reliable internet. Sakhile Dube investigates...
12 August, 2026
The hidden cost of manganese
How a key mineral for the energy transition is destroying ecosystems and communities in South Africa's Northern Cape. Stephan Hofstatter, Marcello Rossi & Paul Tullis investigate ...
28 July, 2026
Titanium, conflict and consent
Andiswa Matikinca investigates a case of history repeating itself as another rural Eastern Cape community stands united in resistance against a proposed heavy-minerals mine...
01 July, 2026
The people beneath Malawi’s minerals rush
Malawi’s emerging mining industry pits economic promise against environmental, cultural concerns. Mbauwo Chavula investigates...
18 June, 2026
Botswana bets on gas boost for flagging economy
Watchdogs are worried about a lack of transparency around a flagship project – and warn against risks for local communities, wildlife and ecosystems. Sello Motseta investigates...
31 March, 2026
Deep threats of drilling the Orange Basin
Climate change, over-fishing and oil-related pollution are collapsing the marine environment off the West Coast. Now there’s the added threat of off-shore oil and gas exploration...
14 November, 2025
Red flags along KZN’s South Coast
Andiswa Matikinca tracks concerns around critical minerals mining applications – and now a small harbour – in KwaZulu-Natal’s tourism mecca...
15 August, 2025
The Boegoeberg Blues: A small Nama tribe holds the key to the Orange Oil Basin’s future
A landmark ConCourt ruling has made the Nama people the gate-keepers of ambitious plans to turn the Northern Cape into an energy and mining hub. John Grobler investigates...
18 July, 2025
Namibia plans to become an energy powerhouse – but is it realistic?
Namibia is pinning its economic hopes on development of the Orange Oil Basin. What does this mean for a small economy not ready for a major oil rush? John Grobler...
30 April, 2025